Form registering and line-up means.



R. H. KIEBLER.

FORM REGISTERING AND LINE-UP MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1915.

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FORM REGISTERING AND LINE-UP MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. 1915.

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R. H. KIEBLER.

FORM REGISTERING AND LINE-UP MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED mmzo. 1915.

Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

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REYNOLD 1-1. KIEBLER, OE CHIGAGO; ILLINOIS:

FORM REGISTERING, AND. LINE-UP MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

EatentediQct. 26, 1915.

Application filed March 20, 1915. Serial No. 15,684.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, REY}? OLD H. KIEBLER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at siderable number of pages, much time is lost in ordinary printing establishments in lining up the pages properly so as to secure the desired margin on all sides.

My invention has for its ob ect to provide a few simple devices adapted to be attached and detached quickly to the chases in which the typographical matter is locked up and support guiding threads, strings, wires or the like in the positions for locating the several edges of the pages according to which the pages are ordinarily adjusted.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized .will hereinafter he pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its object and advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a sixteen page form with my lining attachments in position thereon; Fig. 2 is a section taken approximately on line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 of a corner of a form including a chase havingno cross bars; Fig. 4.- is a top plan view on an enlarged scale, of a fragment of. the chase shown in Fig. 1 with the base line marking device in position; Fig. 5 is a section taken approximately on line 5-5 of Fig. l; Fig. 6 is a section taken approximately on line 6-6 of Fig. 4-; Fig. 7 is a plan'view on an enlarged scale of the base line marking device shown in Fig. 3, a portion of the chase being included; Fig. 8 is a section approximately on line 88 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9is a top plan View on an enlarged scalewof one of the line holders; Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the device shownin Fig. 9, the chase being shown in sectlon; Fig. 11 1s a "view looking towardthe left from the right hand end of Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is a View similar to Fig. 9 showing a double line holding device; and Fig. 13 is a view looking toward the left from the right hand endof Fig. 1.2.

In alining the pages, either the cross bars of the chase where a chase with cross bars is employed, or two of the adjacent sides of the chase, where there are no cross bars, are made to serve as the baselines from which the measurements are taken. In accordance with my invention, 1 provide a simple device for locating abutments, upon the upper surface of the outside members of the chase lying inthe plane of the members or surfaces which serve as the base lines. In additionI provide adjustable clamps adapted to be positioned by measuring from said abutments and to support lines of any suitable sort stretched across the chase and defining the edges of the pages from which adjustments areto be made. I prefer to make use of two separate styles of starting-pointmarking devices, the one to be used where the chase contains cross bars and the other where there are no cross bars.

in Figs. 4:, 5 and (3 I have illustrated the starting pointmarking or locating device adapted to be used where there are-cross bars. This device consists of two flat metal bars, 1, 1, having between their ends comparatively broad downwardly projecting pieces, 2, the combined width of the two bars being not greater, than'the narrowest cross bar ordinarily found in chases of a size large enough to make my invention useful in connection therewith, and the members, 2, 2,- heing shorter than the thickness of such cross bars. The member-s1 are made long enough so that when they are laid upon a cross bar, 3, of a chase with the members 2 lying on the inner sideof' the outer member, a, of the chase adjacent to one end ofthe cross bar, the outer ends of the members 1; projectacrossthe upper face of the chase member 4. Furthermore, the parts are so proportioned that the outer edges of thetwo bars 1 lie exactly in the plane of the corresponding faces ofthe'cr-oss bar and consequently mark these planes above the chase member a whenthe members 2 engage with the sides ofthe cross-bar: In addition there is a, suitable clamp forhold ing the abutment membersl firm-1y inplacei in the arrangement shown, this clamp consists of two parallel pieces, and 6, to the upper end of one of which is fixed a plate, 7, extending laterally on one side across the top of the member 6. A screw threaded rod,

8, is fixed at one end to the member 6 and passes through the member 5, a thumb nut, 9, being arranged on the rod on the outer side ofthe member 5. The plate 7 is provided with an elongated slot, 10, extending lengthwise thereof and through this slot extends, a screw 11, which is screwed down into the top of the member 6. The members 5 and 6 therefore constitute two parallel jaws of aclamp which may be drawn tightly together by means of the screw 8 and be locked by means of the screw 11. The screw 8 is of course located far enough above the lower ends of the members 5 and 6 to permit thelower ends of the latter members to pass down beside the pieces 2 on the abutment devices.

the member '13 of the chase and allowing one end to projectacross the top of one of the other members'la of thechase, if the device,

is located in one corner of the chase. In the arrangement shown, the clamping device consists of two. U-shaped metal pieces, 15

and 16, having the member 12 secured in corresponding corners thereof so that when the legs at these corners engage with the inner face of the member 13 of the chase, the

- corresponding edge of the member 12 lies in the plane of this face. Through the'other legs of the members 15 and 16 extend screws, 17, which are adapted to be screwed against theouter edges or faces of the member 13.

The line supporting device is shown in Figs.9, 10 and 11. In the form illustrated, it consists of a simple U-shaped jaw, 20, having on the outer side of one of the arms a plate, 21, projecting beyond the yoke member of the jaw and provided with one or more seats for a thread, string, wire or other line arranged very slightly higher than type high'from the lower end. Through the other arm of'the jaw extends a screw, 22, adapted to be tightened against the outer edge of the chase member on which the device is placed, the jaw of course being placed on the chase memberv with the arms or legs extending downwardly and the yoke resting on the upper surface. In addition there is at some convenient point on the device a means for securing the end of a linepassing through theseats or one of them in the plate 21. In the arrangement shown this means consists of a thumb screw, 23, extending vertically into the top of the outer leg of the jaw. I

have stated that the plate 21 contains one or more seats and, while one seat is suiiicient, I prefer to have a series as this will make it much easier to adjust the device. In the arrangement shown, the seats are in the form of small holes, 24-, extending through the plate 21 with their axes parallel with the yoke of the jaw. The holes are preferably enlarged at their ends so as not to leave any sharp edges which will cut or fray a line passing through them. The seats, that is the holes 24, are preferably spaced according to the printers scale, their centers being a pica or preferably half a pica apart, the first and preferably also the last of the seats being alined with the side edges of the yoke member of the jaw.

there the heads of two pages, as will hereinafter be described, come close together, instead of using two of the devices shown in Figs. 9 to 11, the work of lining up the form may be facilitated by using a double device such as shown in Figs. 12 and 13. Referring to these two figures, 25, 25 indicate two jaws identical with the jaws 20, and 26, 26 represent two plate members corresponding to the plate 21 but made in a single piece considerably wider than the plate 21 so as to space the members 25 apart. The outer arms of the members 25 are connected together by a cross piece, 27, thereby tying the two devices into a single rigid unit.

The manner of using my improvements is as follows: lVhere a chase is used having cross bars, 3 and 30, and frame members, 1 and 410, as illustrated in Fig. l, the abutment device shown in Figs. 4: to 6 is first placed on one of the cross bars 3, adjacent to one of the outer members f and the line holders 20 are then placed in position on the latter member with at least one of the line receiving seats in each instance spaced apart from the corresponding edge of the abutment a distance equal to the distance at which one of the edges of the corresponding printed page-is to be from the base line which is the near side of the cross bar on which the abut ment is located. Thus in the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, assuming that the page denoted by the rectangle A has its head at the right hand end while the page indicated by the rectangle B has its head at the left hand end: one of the line holders will be located on the bar 4 by laying a spacing device consisting of a piece of furniture slightly shorter than the distance between the head of the sheet A and the cross bar 3 against the abutment device and then abutting the line holder against the free end of the spacing device. In the same way the second line holder for locating the line of the head of the page B may be set by using the first of the line holders as a start ing point or by measuring directly from the abutment device. Two other line holders, for the pages C and D, in the arrangement shown, are attached to the chase andthen the abutment device is removed to the opposite side of the chase so as to permit the location of line holding devices directly opposite those on the other side. The abutment device may then be shifted in succession to the ends oi the cross bar 30 and the requisite number of line holders located on the mem bers 4:0 of the chase. After the line holders have been placed in position, suitable lines are stretched from each holder to the opposite holder. The lines are threaded through the openings in the line holders,being simply knotted or provided with an enlargement or shoulder of any suitable sort at one end so as to prevent them from pulling through the line holders and being drawn taut across the chase and held at their other ends under the thumb screws, 23, the lines, 81, in the draw-- ing being shown as having knots, 32, at one end. By placing the line seats in the holders so that they will be just a little above the plane of the printing surface which is indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 2, the lines are held close enough to the printing surface to permit accurate adjustment of the pages to be made without interfering with the manipulations which are necessary in the form in order to bring about the proper adj ustment and alinement of the pages. After the pages have been accurately alined, the attachments are removed, this being an operation requiring but a moment.

Instead of using the two devices for locating the heads of the pages A and B, where the margins are not too great, the single double unit illustrated in Figs. 12 and 13 may conveniently be employed.

Where the chase has no cross bars, the abutment device illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 may be used, the outer members of the chase serving as the starting or base lines and the abutment device being first arranged as shown in Fig. 3 with the bar, 12, extending across the top of the member 1a of the chase. All of the necessary line holding devices on the member 1% are located from the abutment bar 12. The abutment device is then moved to the opposite bar and the operation of locating the line holding device completed. In'the same way the line holding devices are located on the member 13 and the chase directly opposite by placing the abutment device at opposite ends of the member 14, with the bar 13 extending transversely across the other bars.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a very simple means for accurately locating and placing lines for guiding workmen in alining pages in a form without employing means which will interfere with the easy and convenient manipulation of the furniture necessary to bring about adjustment and alinement oi the pages. It will also be seen that the lines may be roughly located by using spacing from measuring pieces-for the holders which are graduated relative to each other only in multiples of five picas or any other number, the final adj ustmentibeing securedby selecting the proper-seat or opening in the line holder. 1

While l have illustrated and described in detail only preferred forms of my various attachments, I do not desire to be limited to the specific constructions thus illustrated and described, but intend to cover all embodiments which come within the terms of the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a chase, a series of detachable line-holding devices adapted to be secured directly upon the chase, and a starting-point marking device adapted to be detachably mounted on the chase to afiord a starting point from which to space said lineholding devices 2. In combination, a chase, a series of holders detachably secured directly upon said chase, and page-locating lines stretched across the chase between saidholders.

3. lhe combination with a chase, of a starting-point marking device comprising a member adapted to be secured to one piece of the chase and extend across the top of an adjacent outer piece of the chase with an edge in the plane of one of the side faces of the first-mentioned piece.

4L. The combination with a chase, of an abutment, and means for attaching said abutment to one member of the chase with a portion of the abutment overlying the top or an adjacent outer chase member and having an edge of said portion lying in the plane of one side of the first-mentioned member.

5. A. line holder comprising a clamp adapted to be secured on and overlie one of the outer members of a chase, the clamp having a seat for a line at one end, and a line fastening device at the other end of the clamp.

6. line-holder comprising a clamp adapted to be secured on and overlie one of the outer members of a chase, said clamp having a seat for a line so located as to bring the seat slightly higher than type-high when the clamp is placed on a chase.

7. A. line holder comprising a clamp adapted to be secured on and overlie one of the other members of a chase, said clamp having a row of seats for a line so located as to bring the row of seats slightly higher than type-high when the clamp is placed on a chase. a

8. A line holder comprising a clamp adapted to be secured on and overlie one of the outer members of a chase, said clamp having a row of line-receiving seats extending transversely across thesam'e at uniform distances apart.

9. A line holder comprising a clamp adapted to overlie and be secured upon one of the-outer members of a chase, said clamp having a transverse upwardly-projecting portion provided With a series of perforations extending in a row across the same.

10. A starting point marker comprising a long flat bar and means for clamping the barupon a chase so as to overlie two adj acent chase members with one long edge of the bar extending across one of said members in the plane of a side face of the other of saidmembers.

11. A line holder comprising a clamp adapted to be secured on and overlie one of the members of a chase or other supporting device, said clamp having a row of line-receiving seats extending transversely across the same at uniform distances apart and having in rear of said seats a line fastening device. I a

12. A line holder comprising a clamp adapted to overlie and be secured upon one of theoutermembers of a chase or other support,'said clamp having a transverse up- -Wardlyprojecting portion provided with a series .of holes extending through the same, and a line fastening device arranged behind said upwardly-projecting portion.

13. The combination with a chase having a cross bar, of a clamp detachably connected to one of the cross bars, said clamp having a straight-edge member lying in the plane of one of the edges of said cross bar and extending over the top of one of the outer members of the chase.

14:. The combination with a chase having a cross bar, of a clamp detachably secured on said cross bar at one side of the chase, said clamp having two straight-edges lying above the cross bar in registration with the two side edges of the cross bar and extending over the top of the adjacent outer member of the chase.

15. The combination with a chase, of a clamp detachably secured on one of the members of the chase, said clamp having a straight-edge registering with one of the edges of the member on which the clamp is mounted and extending over the top of an adjacent member of the chase.

16. A line holder comprising a clamp having a aw large enough to fit over one of the outer members of a chase, the clamp hav-' ing on top thereof near one end a seat for a line, and means in rear of the seat for securing the end of a line.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

REYNOLD H. KIEBLER.

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